Educational Technology Teaching Fellows

Explore blended learning in Canvas

Educational Technology Teaching Fellows

The Educational Technology Teaching Fellows (ETTF) at Northwestern University is a collaborative group of like-minded instructors dedicated to exploring blended learning opportunities. Faculty from many of Northwestern’s schools and with varying levels of familiarity with educational technology tools meet regularly to explore how new tools or approaches might help them enhance their teaching.

Fellows complete a pedagogical experiment with the support of the Northwestern IT Services and Support, Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) team. TLT staff members will collaborate with faculty as they try out innovations in their teaching. Each faculty member or group of faculty will have his or her own dedicated TLT mentor and receive personalized help.

What is involved in being an EdTech fellow? As a fellow, you will:

Attend meetings and events where you’ll see experts demonstrate new educational technologies or talk about new classroom teaching strategies.

Collaborate with other fellows, engaging in meaningful interdisciplinary exchanges.

Work on your project, benefiting from one-on-one help from your TLT mentor.

Possibly present at the annual TEACHx event at the end of the academic year.

Shape the nature of the agenda by suggesting topics you want to know more about.

Interested faculty must complete an application and propose a project, challenge, or experiment in which educational technology or blended or active learning techniques are part of the solution.

Applications for the 2017-2018 school year are now closed.

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Project Examples & Current Fellows

Fellows for the 2017-2018 school year:

Abigail Baldridge, Feinberg School of Medicine

Alejandro Carrion, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Ange Therese Akono, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Act as an advocate for Canvas and the expanded use of educational technology on campus.

How to Apply to Join the Fellows

Are you enthusiastic about teaching with technology, willing to learn more about educational technologies, and interested in meeting others who share your interests? Do you have a problem that you think educational technology might be able to help you solve?

Then you have something to contribute to this group, no matter your expertise with technology!

To apply, complete the application form. As part of the application, you will need to provide a short summary about your project idea and goals, along with information about your experience with Canvas and other technology.

We welcome applicants from all campuses and all programs. Adjunct instructors are welcome to apply. Graduate students may apply if they are teaching their own course or with the approval of the primary instructor for the course they are TAing.